"Edgar Cayce's Hometown: Hopkinsville Kentucky" by William T. Turner and Chris Gilkey came out over a decade ago but I just found a copy recently. This is a really fun book for anyone fascinated with Cayce and/or Hopkinsville.
Hoptown is a really interesting town with a lot of pop that doesn't get the attention it deserves. There is a lot of interesting and other worldly legends around, not to mention nearby Civil War ties.
But, many people know about Hopkinsville as the hometown of Edgar Cayce. If you aren't up on Cayce, google him. He would go in to trances, and give medical advice, along with other thoughts that were new age.
So, Turner and Gilkey have put together a book (similar to the "Images of America" series) that shows various photos of Hopkinsville around the time Cayce would have been around (very late 1800s- through early 1900s). There are few pictures of Edgar himself, but an impressive collection of pictures the "Sleeping Prophet" took himself, as he was a photographer.
Like I said, Hopkinsville doesn't get the attention it deserves, but it is a fascinating little town, and this is a great book to add to its underrated legacy.
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Friday, October 11, 2024
"Edgar Cayce's Hometown: Hopkinsville Kentucky" by William T. Turner and Chris Gilkey
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Hopkinsville, KY, USA
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